HaVpdChart
is a custom card component for Home Assistant that allows for visual representations of VPD (Vapour Pressure Deficit) based on temperature and humidity sensors. It's ideal for monitoring environmental conditions in tents or rooms.
- Home Assistant installation
- Basic knowledge of YAML and Home Assistant configuration
- Currently not available - still wait for accept pull request
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Add Repository
Click
HACS
->Three Dot Menu upper right
->Custom Repository
->Category: Lovelace
|Repositury Url: https://github.com/mentalilll/ha-vpd-chart
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Install Plugin
Search for VPD within Integrations and install
ha-vpd-chart
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Clone the repository or download the JS file
First, you need to download the JavaScript file
ha-vpd-chart.js
from GitHub or clone the entire repository. -
Incorporate the file into Home Assistant
Copy
ha-vpd-chart.js
into yourwww
directory of Home Assistant, typically located at<config>/www/
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Add the resource in Home Assistant
Add the resource to your
configuration.yaml
or through the Home Assistant UI underConfiguration
->Lovelace Dashboards
->Resources
:lovelace: resources: - url: /local/ha-vpd-chart.js type: module
Note: After adding the resource, you may need to restart Home Assistant.
Follow the steps above to store the file locally and include it as a resource.
Easy start as Chart View:
type: custom:ha-vpd-chart
sensors:
- temperature: sensor.temperature_2
humidity: sensor.humidity_2
name: Tent 1
- temperature: sensor.temperature_tent_2
humidity: sensor.humidity_tent_2
name: Tent 2
Easy start as Bar View:
type: custom:ha-vpd-chart
is_bar_view: true
sensors:
- temperature: sensor.temperature_2
humidity: sensor.humidity_2
name: Tent 1
- temperature: sensor.temperature_tent_2
humidity: sensor.humidity_tent_2
name: Tent 2
To use the HaVpdChart
in your Lovelace dashboard, add the following configuration to your dashboard. Adjust the sensors and other options according to your setup:
type: custom:ha-vpd-chart
air_text: Temp. #optional "" for Empty
rh_text: r.H. #optional "" for Empty
min_temperature: 5 #optional
max_temperature: 35 #optional
min_humidity: 10 #optional
max_humidity: 100 #optional
min_height: 200 #optional (minimum height of the chart as px)
is_bar_view: true #optional
enable_tooltip: true #optional
enable_axes: true #optional
enable_ghostmap: true #optional
enable_triangle: false #optional
enable_crosshair: true #optional
sensors:
- temperature: sensor.temperature_2
humidity: sensor.humidity_2
leaf_temperature: sensor.infrared_sensor #optional
name: Tent 1
- temperature: sensor.temperature_tent_2
humidity: sensor.humidity_tent_2
vpd: sensor.vpd #optional
name: Tent 2
vpd_phases: #optional
- upper: 0.0
className: gray-danger-zone
color: #999999
- lower: 0.0
upper: 0.4
className: under-transpiration
color: #0000FF
- lower: 0.4
upper: 0.8
className: early-veg
- lower: 0.8
upper: 1.2
className: late-veg
- lower: 1.2
upper: 1.6
className: mid-late-flower
- lower: 1.6
className: danger-zone
calculateVPD: |2-
const VPleaf = 610.7 * Math.exp(17.27 * Tleaf / (Tleaf + 237.3)) / 1000;
const VPair = 610.7 * Math.exp(17.27 * Tair / (Tair + 237.3)) / 1000 * RH / 100;
return VPleaf - VPair;
Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
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type | string | required | Must be custom:ha-vpd-chart . |
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air_text | string | optional | Air |
The text used for temperature readings. Default is "Air". |
rh_text | string | optional | RH |
The text used for humidity readings. Default is "RH". |
kpa_text | string | optional | kPa |
The text used for kPa readings. Default is "kPa". |
min_temperature | number | optional | 5 |
Minimum temperature in the chart. Default is 5. |
min_humidity | number | optional | 10 |
Minimum humidity in the chart. Default is 10. |
max_temperature | number | optional | 35 |
Maximum temperature in the chart. Default is 35. |
max_humidity | number | optional | 90 |
Maximum humidity in the chart. Default is 90. |
min_height | number | optional | 200 |
Minimum height of the chart as px. Default is 200. |
leaf_temperature_offset | number | optional | 2 |
Sets the Temperature Offset of the Leaf |
sensors | list | required | A list of sensors with their temperature and humidity entity IDs, and an optional name for display. | |
vpd_phases | list | optional | See description | A list of VPD phases and their classes for visual representation. See below for defaults. |
enable_tooltip | boolean | optional | true |
Tooltip enabled by default. |
is_bar_view | boolean | optional | false |
Second view of this chart for fast information of sensors |
enable_axes | boolean | optional | true |
Enable Axes on the Chart |
enable_ghostmap | boolean | optional | true |
Enable Ghostmap on the Chart |
enable_triangle | boolean | optional | true |
Enable Triangle instead of Circle for tooltip marker |
enable_crosshair | boolean | optional | true |
Enable MouseHover Crosshair |
calculateVPD | string | optional | See description | Custom function to calculate VPD. |
Default vpd_phases
Configuration:
under-transpiration
: VPD < 0.4early-veg
: 0.4 ≤ VPD < 0.8late-veg
: 0.8 ≤ VPD < 1.2mid-late-flower
: 1.2 ≤ VPD < 1.6danger-zone
: VPD ≥ 1.6